Let
be a sequence of events occurring with a certain probability
distribution, and let
be the event consisting of the occurrence of a finite number
of events
for
,
2, .... Then the probability of an infinite number of the
occurring is zero if
Equivalently, in the extreme case of for all
, the probability that none of them occurs is 1 and, in particular,
the probability of
that a finite number occur is also 1.